traversed

verb

past tense of traverse
as in crossed
to make one's way through, across, or over the spider traversed the wall from end to end

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Recent Examples of traversed Zachary Jackson, aka Zack Jack, is a social media food critic who has traversed the Chicago suburban area reviewing the restaurants that often get overlooked by traditional media critics. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 His words are measured, but filled with the clarity and perspective of an artist who has traversed multiple eras, with the gravitas to show for it. — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026 According to Clarksons, 36 percent of container capacity routed via the canal or the Cape of Good Hope traversed the Suez in early October, up from 8 percent between 2024 and mid-2026. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 Concerns over driverless robotaxis, such as the Waymo vehicles that have traversed the Atlanta streets since last year, are also reasonable. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026 So while Waddington’s landscape looked like a static territory waiting to be traversed, the real landscape changes as cells develop. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Many of the neutrinos used in these discoveries traversed the entire Earth before being detected. — Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 The Firebrand and the First Lady demonstrates that the early civil rights movement was built on a foundation of deep, complicated, long-term relationships which traversed the boundaries of both race and class. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Some days, fewer than ten ships traversed the strait—far fewer than in peacetime, when between 130 and 150 commercial vessels would make the passage each day. — Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traversed
  1. crossed
  2. followed
  3. navigated
  4. traveled
  5. walked
  6. covered
  7. tracked
Verb
  • Iowa State crossed Arizona's 40-yard line three times, its only points coming on Kyle Konrady's 40-yard field goal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • While countries like Sweden and France are pursuing similar deep geological repositories, Finland has officially crossed the finish line first.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of crossed
Verb
  • Electricity costs rank first, followed by water usage and environmental impact.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Billie Joe Armstrong followed Dangerfield on Instagram, and the two struck up a friendship that led to the Paradox opening for Green Day on the Atlanta stop of its Saviors Tour.
    — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of followed
Verb
  • The two dated through their senior year, then navigated long distance through college and starting jobs in different cities.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Like anyone who has navigated the music industry for more than two decades, Larsson has felt the ebbs and flows of success.
    — Remy Rippon, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of navigated
Verb
  • As the Chiefs traveled to Sao Paolo, Brazil, for their season opener in 2025, their former first-round pick could hardly leave his couch.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Sultan of Oman was met in London by Prince William on Tuesday morning before the pair travelled together to Windsor, where the majority of the royal engagements took place.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of traveled
Verb
  • Also in attendance was Sarah Babb, whose daughter Madeline walked off the start line last week as well.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After the agents released him, the student walked to school, crying and in pain.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of walked
Verb
  • But the scenes — his body covered in medical equipment, his limbs not moving, his teammates down on a knee — certainly created cause for concern.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The still-pristine white marble stone stood out compared to the neighboring grave, holding Bailey’s sister Eliza, covered in grime and moss collected over the decades.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of covered
Verb
  • Consumers’ expectations about the pace of future price hikes are closely tracked by the Federal Reserve.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Using a form of spectroscopy, the team then tracked changes in the electrons' energies over trillionths of a second.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracked

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“Traversed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traversed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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